Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4624 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

foyledfoiled

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 542 times in 263 works
Consistency: 99.4% (542 of 545)
Reach if approved: ~573 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: foiled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 545 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (542 changes in 263 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 542)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ere it aſſaile them; and therefore are no ſooner tempted, but they are alſo foyledfoiled. Hazael, when he came to the Prophet Eliſha did reuerence and acknowledge him ſo …
With rule
… ere it aſſaile them; and therefore are no ſooner tempted, but they are alſo foyledfoiled. Hazael, when he came to the Prophet Eliſha did reuerence and acknowledge him ſo …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 439 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it falleth out, that the Saincts of God ar not only assaulted, but oftētimes foyledfoiled by their enemies, and do fal into snares, and loathsome trespasses, wherby God is …
With rule
… it falleth out, that the Saincts of God ar not only assaulted, but oftētimes foyledfoiled by their enemies, and do fal into snares, and loathsome trespasses, wherby God is …
Henry Ainsworth · The Communion of Saints · p. 282 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And he that hath had experience of the combat, that hath ſo often been foyledfoiled in the bickering, muſt needs confeſſe the ſtrength of ſin, and cry out, O …
With rule
… And he that hath had experience of the combat, that hath ſo often been foyledfoiled in the bickering, muſt needs confeſſe the ſtrength of ſin, and cry out, O …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him to finde fauour, and acceptance with the Lord! How quickly would they be foyledfoiled, and how eaſily graueled in this neceſſary particular, without certainty wherein, all a mans …
With rule
… him to finde fauour, and acceptance with the Lord! How quickly would they be foyledfoiled, and how eaſily graueled in this neceſſary particular, without certainty wherein, all a mans …
Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… think good, you may trie your ſkill once againe. Yet remember how you are foyledfoiled alreadie, and know that ſtill you ſhall fynde the light of the truth to …
With rule
… think good, you may trie your ſkill once againe. Yet remember how you are foyledfoiled alreadie, and know that ſtill you ſhall fynde the light of the truth to …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God, and to beléeue it: which was the weapon wherewith Chriſt repelled and foyledfoiled the deuill in the Wilderneſſe: when he brought Eue to doubt of this, ſhée …
With rule
… of God, and to beléeue it: which was the weapon wherewith Chriſt repelled and foyledfoiled the deuill in the Wilderneſſe: when he brought Eue to doubt of this, ſhée …
Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… saue the heart and life, though otherwise in temptations we be grieuously maimed and foyledfoiled.
With rule
… saue the heart and life, though otherwise in temptations we be grieuously maimed and foyledfoiled.
William Perkins · How to Live Well · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so that although they have often and long resisted Satan, yet they are still foyledfoiled by him.
With rule
… so that although they have often and long resisted Satan, yet they are still foyledfoiled by him.
John Preston · The Saints Submission and Satans Overthrow · p. 251 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Beams of Divine Light A12166

Printed
… and then warre is threatned, and that by enemies that have beene foyledfoiled before: FoyledFoiled enemies are dangerous enemies if they bee proud; Now wee have proud enemies that …
With rule
… and then warre is threatned, and that by enemies that have beene foyledfoiled before: FoyledFoiled enemies are dangerous enemies if they bee proud; Now wee have proud enemies that …
Richard Sibbes · Beams of Divine Light · p. 129 · Open in the reader